Download NERVOUS SYSTEM: MATCHING EXERCISE

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE EAR
MATCHING EXERCISES
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. pinna
2. utricle
3. labyrinth
4. cerumen
5. stapes
6. mastoid process
7. endolymph
8. cochlea
9. malleus
10. incus
11. vestibule
12. Eustachian tube
a. a series of intricate passages within the
inner ear containing receptors for hearing
and equilibrium
b. the anvil; second ossicle in the middle ear
c. breast-like downward projection of the
temporal bone
d. the hammer-like 1st ossicle in the middle ear
e. the stirrup-shaped 3rd ossicle in the middle
ear
f. transparent fluid within the membranous
labyrinth
g. one of the two little sacks in the vestibule
(little leather bag)
h. cavity at the entrance to the semicircular
canals, containing saccules
i. auricle (fleshy part of the outer ear)
j. earwax secreted by glands in the outer ear
canal
k. otopharyngeal auditory tube
l. winding snail-like portion of the inner ear
a. perilymph
b. tympanum
c. saccule
d. labyrinth
e. oval window
1. membrane covering opening between
middle and inner ear
2. smaller of two vestibule sacs
3. maze consisting of bony and membranous
passageways
4. fluid that flows through the outer bony
labyrinth
5. eardrum
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOSTIC TERMS
1. aerotitis
2 presbyacusis
3. ceruminosis
4. paracusis
5. myringitis
6. otitis media
7. myringomycosis
8. otosclerosis
9. stapediovestibular
10. otodynia
a. related to the 3rd ossicle of the middle ear
a n d the entrance of the semicircular
canals
b. pain in the ear
c. tympanitis
d. fungal infection of the ear drum
e. inflammation of the middle ear
f. inflammation of the ear from variation in
barometric pressure
g. excessive secretion o f e a r wax
h. Impaired hearing
i. hearing impairment because of old age
j. hardening of bony tissue in the ear
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
1. complete loss of hearing
2. inflammation of the intricate passage ways of
the inner ear
3. a ringing noise in the ear
4. a spinning around sensation
5. a discharge from the ear
6. bleeding from the ears
7. a calculus in the middle ear
8. tumor of the ear wax gland
9. tumor resulting from auditory nerve
10. discharge of pus from the ear
a. vertigo
b. otorrhea
c. otolith
d. ceruminoma
e. otopyorrhea
f. acoustic neuroma
g. anacusia
h. otorrhagia
i. tinnitus
j. labyrinthitis
OPERATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC TERMS
1. tympanometry
2. otoscopy
3. stapedectomy
4. myringotomy
5. ear lavage
6. salpingoscope
7. otoplasty
8. ototoxic
9. othematoma
10. incudectomy
a. a device for examining eustachian tube
b. irrigation of the external canal
c. examination of the ear canal
d. incision of tympanic membrane
e. measurement of conductibility of the middle
ear
f. surgical removal of the 3rd ossicle of the
middle ear
g. having a detrimental effect on the organ of
hearing
h. surgical repair of the ear
i. surgical removal of the middle ossicle of the
middle ear
j. a blood tumor of the ear